Fun Facts

1. Garfield was the first left handed president. He was also the first ambidextrous president. It is said you could ask him a question in English and he could simultaneously write the answer in Greek with one hand and in Latin with the other.

2. President Garfield's mother was the first president's mother to attend her son's inauguration.

3. James Garfield is the only president to ever have been a preacher. He was a minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

4. Garfield was the first president to campaign in multiple languages. He often spoke in German with German-Americans he encountered along the campaign trail.

Sources: Republican Presidents